Pancho Claus

Recibí este tema navideño la semana pasada por e-mail, y me pareció tan chistoso que tenía que publicarlo para la Navidad. Es una versión de la canción "Pancho Claus", que fue compuesta y grabada en 1956 por Lalo Guerrero, el “padre de la música chicana”. El tema, titulado “Pancho Claus”, es una parodía del tradicional poema navideño, “Twas the Night Before Christmas”. Se puede escuchar porciones de la canción original de Guerrero aquí.

'Twas the night before Christmas and all through la casa
Not a creature was stirring, only the masa.
Mama making tamales con mucho cuidado
In hopes old Santa would feel obligado
To bring all the niños, both buenos y malos
A nice batch of dulces and other regalos
Mis hermanos and I went to sleep in our camas
Some in calzones, some in piyamas
Cuando out in the yard I heard such a grito
That I jumped to my feet like a frightened cabrito
And who in the world do you think quién era?
Santa Claus in a sleigh with a big sombrero
Came dashing along like a little bombero
And pulling his sleigh, were all his venados
I watched as they came, and this little fat hombre
Was shouting and whistling, and calling by nombre
"AY PEPE, AY JESSE, AY CUCA, AY BETO,
AY PANCHO, AY CHATO, VICKI Y NETO
Then standing straight up, with his hands on his pecho
He flew to the top of our very own techo
With his round little belly like a bowl of jalea
He struggled to squeeze down our old chimenea
Then huffing and puffing, and a little cansado
He picked up a bag that looked so pesado
He filled all the stockings with lovely regalos
For none of the niños had been very malos
The chuckling aloud, seeming very contento
He turned like a flash and was gone like the viento
And I heard him exclaim and this is verdad
"MERRY CHRISTMAS A TODOS Y FELIZ NAVIDAD!"

Y si tienen lugar en sus hogares por otra decoración navideña ¿qué tal un Santa mexicano (informe cortesía del blog “Mi blog es tu blog” de Laura Martínez)?